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play ball
Cooperate, as in The opposing attorneys refused to play ball with us . [ Slang ; c. 1900]
Get going, start, as in It's time to get a move on; let's play ball . This usage comes from the baseball umpire's call to start a game. [ Slang ; late 1800s]
Example Sentences
And right now, Putin does not appear to want to play ball.
“I’m going to play ball with you.â€
And there’s the whole other theme here where it would appear that Adams was coached by Bove to essentially offer: I’ll really play ball on immigration if you’ll dismiss the cases.
This is a promise from the DOJ that you either play ball and do what we say, or we can put you in jail.
But Ford, a staunch conservative who endorsed Trump’s first stint in the White House, says he would much rather play ball.
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